Court Martial (1928 film)
Court-Martial | |
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Directed by | George B. Seitz |
Written by | Elmer Blaney Harris (story) Anthony Coldeway (scenario) Mort Blumenstock (titles) |
Produced by | Harry Cohn |
Starring | Jack Holt Betty Compson |
Cinematography | Joseph Walker |
Edited by | Arthur Roberts |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | August 12, 1928 |
Running time | 65 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
Court Martial (1928) is a silent film directed by George B. Seitz, starring Jack Holt, Betty Compson as Belle Starr, and Frank Austin as Abraham Lincoln, and released by Columbia Pictures.
A foreign release print of the film survives and is preserved in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It was shown at the annual in 2014.[1]
Publicity for the film stated that several sequences were shot in early Technicolor,[2] but these do not appear to have survived.
Cast[]
- Jack Holt - James Camden
- Betty Compson - Belle Starr
- Pat Harmon - Bull
- Doris Hill - General's Daughter
- Frank Lackteen - 'Devil' Dawson
- Frank Austin - President Abraham Lincoln
- George Cowl - General Robert Hackathorne
- Zack Williams - Negro
Preservation status[]
- Prints held at National Archives of Canada, Cineteca del Friuli (Gemona), Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), and 16mm at Library of Congress.[3]
References[]
- ^ Cinecon 50 Film Schedule
- ^ Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, July 14, 1928, p14
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Court-Martial
External links[]
Categories:
- Silent films
- American black-and-white films
- American Civil War films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Cultural depictions of Belle Starr
- Depictions of Abraham Lincoln on film
- Films directed by George B. Seitz
- Military courtroom films
- Silent films in color
- 1920s color films
- 1928 drama films
- 1928 films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs
- American Civil War stubs
- War film stubs